Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi Saint Naqashband Sahib in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Hundreds of people offered afternoon prayers and Khwaja Digar prayers, which is a centuries-old practice of Kashmiri Muslims offering congregational prayers every year at the revered shrine of Hazrat Khawja Naqashband in downtown Srinagar.
‘Khoja Digar’, a special prayer was offered today at the Naqashbandh Sahib (RA) shrine here with thousands of devotees thronging the revered shrine for the congregational Asar prayers amid Hot weather.
Braving cold wave, devotees thronged the shrine of the revered Sufi saint located at Khwaja Bazaar, Nowhatta, for prayers and supplications. A large congregation of devotees offered special Khwaja Digar prayers in the afternoon.
The Urs is celebrated on the 3rd Rabi-ul-Awal (a month of Islamic Calendar) every year. Besides, the gatherings for special prayers (khatmat-muazzamat) are held for 12 days from 21st Safar to 3rd Rabi-ul Awal. These gatherings are held every day at 8 AM in the Khanqah-i-Naqshbandiya and on the urs day after the Asr prayers, special mass prayers are held called ‘Khoja Digar’.
Various Scholars addressed the devotees on the occasion.
Scholars threw light on the life of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and asked the Ummah to follow Quran and Sunnah and also threw light on the life of Hazrat Khwaja Baha-ud-Din Muhammad Naqshband Bukhrai (RA).
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